Glühbirne

[ˈɡlyːˌbɪʁnə]

/[ˈɡlyːˌbɪʁnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Glühbirne” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,589. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,589
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - birnenförmige Glühlampe (ein eine Glühwendel enthaltender, luftleerer oder mit speziellem Gas gefüllter Glaskörper)

Corpus desk

Index DE-gluhbirne · Glühbirne · German

Glühbirne · rank #30,589 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,589
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH glätten

Nearest frequency peer: glätten (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Glühbirne“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Glühbirne“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Glühbirne vs Glühbirnen
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Glühbirne
PropertyValue
HeadwordGlühbirne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡlyːˌbɪʁnə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,589
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Glühbirne“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Glühbirneliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „glätten“ (#30,588), „gleitet“ (#30,587), „gravierenden“ (#30,591). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Glühbirne“ bei #30,589. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Glühbirne (IPA [ˈɡlyːˌbɪʁnə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,589 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "birnenförmige Glühlampe (ein eine Glühwendel enthaltender, luftleerer oder mit speziellem Gas gefüllter Glaskörper)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Glühbirne, with forms such as "gglühbirne", "glhübirne", and "gllühbirne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Glühbirnen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Glühbirne, spelled G-L-Ü-H-B-I-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    birnenförmige Glühlampe (ein eine Glühwendel enthaltender, luftleerer oder mit speziellem Gas gefüllter Glaskörper)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Glühbirne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich muss diese Glühbirne auswechseln, denn sie ist kaputt.
  2. „In jede Bucht führte ein elektrisches Kabel, an dessen Ende eine nackte Glühbirne baumelte.“

Synonyms

BirneGlühlampeLampe

Antonyms

EnergiesparlampeLeuchtstoffröhre

This word in other languages

bulb(English)bombilla(Español)ampoule(Français)lâmpada(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gglühbirne
  • glhübirne
  • gllühbirne
  • glübhirne
  • glühbbirne
  • glühbinre
  • glühbiren
  • glühbirnne
  • glühbirrne
  • glühbrine
  • glühhbirne
  • glühibrne
  • gülhbirne
  • lgühbirne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Glühbirne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

gglühbirne1glhübirne2gllühbirne1glübhirne2glühbbirne1glühbinre2glühbiren2glühbirnne1
Edit distance from "Glühbirne"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Glühbirne"?
"Glühbirne" is spelled G-L-Ü-H-B-I-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡlyːˌbɪʁnə].
What does "Glühbirne" mean?
As a noun, "Glühbirne" means: birnenförmige Glühlampe (ein eine Glühwendel enthaltender, luftleerer oder mit speziellem Gas gefüllter Glaskörper)
What words are commonly confused with "Glühbirne"?
"Glühbirne" is commonly confused with "Glühbirnen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Glühbirne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Glühbirne" is [ˈɡlyːˌbɪʁnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Glühbirne" come from?
"Glühbirne" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Glühbirne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geordnete#30,574Hiroshima#30,608gegebener#30,569gefärbten#30,568

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

gemessenen14 variantsHochsommer14 variantskindliche14 variantserkämpfte14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list